+#include "simgrid_dtd.c"
+
+/* Initialize the parsing globals */
+int route_action = 0;
+xbt_dict_t traces_set_list = NULL;
+//xbt_dynar_t traces_connect_list = NULL;
+xbt_dict_t trace_connect_list_host_avail = NULL;
+xbt_dict_t trace_connect_list_power = NULL;
+xbt_dict_t trace_connect_list_link_avail = NULL;
+xbt_dict_t trace_connect_list_bandwidth = NULL;
+xbt_dict_t trace_connect_list_latency = NULL;
+
+/* This buffer is used to store the original buffer before substituing it by out own buffer. Use full for the foreach tag */
+static xbt_dynar_t surfxml_bufferstack_stack = NULL;
+int surfxml_bufferstack_size = 2048;
+// static char *old_buff = NULL;
+static void surf_parse_error(char *msg);
+
+/* make sure these symbols are defined as strong ones in this file so that the linked can resolve them */
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_platform_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_platform_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_host_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_host_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_router_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_router_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_link_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_link_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_route_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_route_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_link_c_ctn_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_link_c_ctn_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_process_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_process_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_argument_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_argument_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_prop_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_prop_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_trace_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_trace_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_trace_c_connect_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_trace_c_connect_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_random_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_random_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_AS_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_AS_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_ASroute_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_ASroute_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t STag_surfxml_bypassRoute_cb_list = NULL;
+xbt_dynar_t ETag_surfxml_bypassRoute_cb_list = NULL;
+
+xbt_dict_t current_property_set = NULL;
+xbt_dict_t random_data_list = NULL; /* dictionary of random generator data */